Development of the education program for managers in order to increase workplace social capital for nurses and care workers.

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K15996
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Momoyama Gakuin University of Education (2017-2018); Osaka City University (2016)
• Principal Investigator: Kurioka Sumiko 桃山学院教育大学, 人間教育学部, 教授 (20736516)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NAKATA Akinori 国際医療福祉大学, 大学院, 教授 (80333384) ; TAKEDA Akihiro 和歌山大学, 観光学部, 准教授 (90330505)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 職業性ストレス / 職場のソーシャルキャピタル / 離職意思 / 看護師 / 介護職 / 管理職 / マネジメント

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to decease the turnover rate of nurses and care workers. We developed an education program for managers in order to increase workplace social capital and evaluated its effects. As a result of implementing the program for managers, not only workplace social capital but also job discretion, organizational fairness and social support at work significantly increased.

Free Research Field

地域看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究によって得られた成果は、看護師や介護職だけでなく他の職種においても、職場のソーシャルキャピタル形成に応用可能である。また、 職場のソーシャルキャピタル形成が職業性ストレスの予防だけでなく、労働者の職務満足度や生産性を高めることが示唆される。